Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind the Member, as well, that Stanton is in fact a territorial facility, so anything pertaining to Stanton will get input from the other regions and other communities, as well...

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...because it affects all the people of the Northwest Territories.

Mr. Speaker, we have put out a tremendous number of initiatives in the last couple of years in Health and Social Services and the pace continues unabated. I have indicated that we would be coming forward with a very

significant document here in the next few weeks. We will share that with committee and, of course, the Members. I would also like to comment very clearly that, yes, we will be asking for input from all the Members, but it is very clear, as the Member referred to the Yellowknife MLAs, that the Yellowknife MLAs never need to be asked to provide input on issues of concern to them and that speaks to their concern about the service to their constituents.

As the Member has indicated in this House, she is already involved, she is the chair of Social Programs and she will have full opportunity for input. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Short supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Minister continues to mix-up all of the factors that...

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I don't understand. I have been here for five years and I don't fall for that trick anymore.

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Mr. Speaker, I am asking a very specific question and I do know that Stanton Hospital is a territorial hospital and it is without a public board. He can mask up all he wants in throwing everything else he can in that sink, but the fact is there is master planning going on without any public input. The Members sitting in the House are not the fullest extent of those who he needs to seek input from. I think that there is a role for the public out there to play, all of the stakeholders. I am asking him again, would he make this master plan available for public consultation and public discussion about the future health care of the Territories in the next week or two?

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I apologize to the Member. My intent clearly is not to mix her up...

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...it's to provide basic information.

Mr. Speaker, the health authority, the board members, the senior staff of all the authorities have been fully involved in all the work that we are doing. Yes, there will be full opportunity for public involvement and consultation as this process moves forward. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Short supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Minister is confused again, because it's not me...

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...who he's mixing up. He is mixing up issues and getting confused himself.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to take his answer that he will give us an opportunity for public input, only if I have something to go by. He has been promising me about a supplementary health benefits review plan for three years now, so I would like to know when I can see the master plan to put my input into and can that be done in the next two months. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we started out talking about Stanton and the master development plan and one clinic, then we have now jumped to supplementary health benefits and now we are back to the master plan and Stanton.

Mr. Speaker, let me assure the Member in this House that we, in fact, will be coming forward in due course, as is the custom and practice of a consensus government, of this government, to consult fully. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Villeneuve.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I just have one quick question here for the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation with regard to the briefing that he gave us this afternoon. We did not have an opportunity to complete the briefing. My question is more directed toward something that is past, that wouldn't be included in the briefing, should we have had the opportunity to finish the briefing. I wanted to ask the Minister, with phase two of the market housing initiative coming into play on April 1st, and with some positive foreseeable results because of the change in the design of the houses that will be going into the communities that he had listed earlier, I want to know if the Housing Corporation has had any or made any plans in the future to address the issues with the trailers that are already located in the communities. Obviously, in my communities there are eight out of nine that are vacant and have been vacant for the last year. I am just wondering if the department has any plans to redesign those to meet the demand for more affordable, smaller housing units in these communities that are already fitted with these three-bedroom units. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Villeneuve. The honourable Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with regard to the units that have been allocated under phase one, presently the cost to convert them over into two-bedroom units or even into two duplexes is probably too costly to do at this time. We will probably be trying to re-lease those units, but also we are still

continuing to get professions to let us know what their needs are.

If this is the need of the community, with regard to the Member's riding, if there is a way that we can maybe move some units around or maybe move one of the units that is in one of his communities to another community which is on the waiting list, we can configure how we do these transfers. Right now it is not economically viable to try to convert the three-bedroom units that are there. If there are needs in other communities for three-bedroom units, we are more than willing to look at the cost of moving them to those communities who need them, and allow these communities to have these new one or two-bedroom units instead of the three-bedroom units that are there now. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Supplementary, Mr. Villeneuve.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I thank the Minister for that reply. If a community did decide that they don't need three of the four units that are currently sitting vacant, and probably will be for the next year, how can the community set up a deal with the Housing Corporation before these other 22 units come up north from a southern manufacturer and go into these communities? I wonder if the Housing Corporation has really done their homework thoroughly enough that they are sure that these duplex units are going to meet those needs and that those communities with the duplexes aren't going to be saying, well, we need the three-bedroom units, and the communities with the three-bedroom units need the duplexes. How do we work out some kind of exchange before the other 22 roll down the line? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Villeneuve. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are talking to a developer in Lutselk'e about the possibility of having them purchase these units. Also, again I would like to mention to the Member that if there is an interest for these other units, I know Fort Resolution was allocated more than the four units they have right now. Again it comes down to the question of identifying those tenants for those units but also ensuring that we do have buyers.

We are in the process of having discussion with the Community Development Corporation in Lutselk'e about those units and the possibility of future units for that community. We are in discussions with the community to try and find a way of getting rid of these units, but also if there are other needs out there for other types of units, we are in discussions with a developer in Lutselk'e right now.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Time for oral questions has expired. Item 7, written questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to seek unanimous consent to return to oral questions, item 6 on the agenda. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Member is seeking unanimous consent to return to item 6, oral questions. Are there any nays? There are no nays, we will return to item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, colleagues. Mr. Speaker, noting that I said earlier in my member's statement that the GNWT, or I should say the Northwest Territories, receives $44 million of new investment tourism money each year. Noting that $16 million is spent by the Japanese, noting that 9,000 Japanese came as tourists to the Northwest Territories, and finally in noting that $4 million was spent in the Spanish Expo several years ago by the Department of RWED, is the Minister of RWED committed to the aurora tourism? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. The honourable Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This government is committed to Expo 2005 in Japan. We see the Japanese market as very important to the Northwest Territories, to tourism. We plan a week at Expo 2005, of concentrated effort. This is a different opportunity for us than opportunities in the past, whether it was in Spain or in Vancouver where we had a presence that extended over four or five months and we did things like run restaurants. It was very expensive, there were cost overruns and many have questioned value for money in some of those approaches.

We have taken a different approach this time around. The opportunity is different, as well. This time the Canadian Pavilion is open to us at no charge, but we can sign up for a week and host events at a VIP pavilion. I would note that I don't know how many other jurisdictions have taken a whole week. Many have signed up for various days, here and there. I think we are one of the few jurisdictions who have dedicated an entire week. I think we are out in front and really leading the effort. Thank you.